Episcopal News Service, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:09:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Episcopal News Service, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows becomes 11th bishop of Indianapolis, first black woman to lead Episcopal diocese https://anglicanjournal.com/jennifer-baskerville-burrows-becomes-11th-bishop-of-indianapolis-first-black-woman-to-lead-episcopal-diocese/ https://anglicanjournal.com/jennifer-baskerville-burrows-becomes-11th-bishop-of-indianapolis-first-black-woman-to-lead-episcopal-diocese/#respond Tue, 02 May 2017 14:09:00 +0000 http://2017.anglicanjournal.com/articles/jennifer-baskerville-burrows-becomes-11th-bishop-of-indianapolis-first-black-woman-to-lead-episcopal-diocese/ The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows was ordained and consecrated the eleventh bishop of Indianapolis April 29, making her the first black woman to lead a diocese in the history of the Episcopal Church and the first woman to succeed another woman as diocesan bishop.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/jennifer-baskerville-burrows-becomes-11th-bishop-of-indianapolis-first-black-woman-to-lead-episcopal-diocese/feed/ 0 127138 Episcopalians approach Donald Trump’s inauguration with prayer https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-approach-donald-trump-s-inauguration-with-prayer/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-approach-donald-trump-s-inauguration-with-prayer/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:52:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/episcopalians-approach-donald-trump-s-inauguration-with-prayer/ Episcopal congregations are planning to mark with prayer the events surrounding Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration as the 45th president of the United States. Many congregations have announced that they will be open for prayer during the inauguration events. Some will also offer special services that day. Among the many are St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-approach-donald-trump-s-inauguration-with-prayer/feed/ 0 92234 Religious leaders call for prayers for migrant children https://anglicanjournal.com/religious-leaders-call-for-prayers-for-migrant-children/ https://anglicanjournal.com/religious-leaders-call-for-prayers-for-migrant-children/#respond Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:15:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/religious-leaders-call-for-prayers-for-migrant-children/ Los Angeles Bishop J. Jon Bruno was among religious and civic leaders who called for a weekend of prayer and compassion July 19-20 for more than 52,000 young children who are in United States custody after fleeing violence, murder and extortion by criminal gangs in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/religious-leaders-call-for-prayers-for-migrant-children/feed/ 0 111729 Christchurch Cathedral options weighed https://anglicanjournal.com/christchurch-cathedral-options-weighed/ https://anglicanjournal.com/christchurch-cathedral-options-weighed/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:02:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/christchurch-cathedral-options-weighed/ According to Taonga News, the synod of the diocese of Christchurch has resoundingly endorsed a modern architectural vision for the new cathedral to be built in the square where an earthquake destroyed the historic one in 2010. Over the weekend, the synod heard a presentationfrom the Cathedral Project Group and Warren & Mahoney about thethree […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/christchurch-cathedral-options-weighed/feed/ 0 92296 China’s ‘great visionary’ Bishop K. H. Ting dies at 97 https://anglicanjournal.com/chinas-great-visionary-bishop-k-h-ting-dies-at-97-11340/ https://anglicanjournal.com/chinas-great-visionary-bishop-k-h-ting-dies-at-97-11340/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/chinas-great-visionary-bishop-k-h-ting-dies-at-97-11340/ K. H. Ting, an Anglican bishop prior to China’s Cultural Revolution and a pioneer in the country’s post-denominational era, died on Nov. 22 in Nanjing aged 97. Ting has been described as “an outstanding patriotic religious leader” and “a well-known social activist.” The Rev. Canon Winfred B. Vergara, the Episcopal Church’s missioner for Asiamerica Ministries, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/chinas-great-visionary-bishop-k-h-ting-dies-at-97-11340/feed/ 0 92214 Anglican World magazine relaunches https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-world-magazine-relaunches-11321/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-world-magazine-relaunches-11321/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/anglican-world-magazine-relaunches-11321/ Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has spoken about the ‘state of the Communion’ in the official magazine of the Anglican Communion, relaunched at the recent Anglican Consultative Council meeting in New Zealand. Writing in the first edition of Anglican World magazine, Williams said he “hopes and prays” the Communion will always be in the ‘state’ […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-world-magazine-relaunches-11321/feed/ 0 91187 Presiding bishop writes to presidential candidates https://anglicanjournal.com/presiding-bishop-writes-to-presidential-candidates-11228/ https://anglicanjournal.com/presiding-bishop-writes-to-presidential-candidates-11228/#respond Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/presiding-bishop-writes-to-presidential-candidates-11228/ Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, has written to both candidates in the Nov. 6 American presidential election. According to information from the church’s office of public affairs, she urged them to use the debates tomorrow and on Oct. 22 to “articulate strong support for a just and peaceful resolution to […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/presiding-bishop-writes-to-presidential-candidates-11228/feed/ 0 95243 Moravian pastor to lead a U.S. Episcopal church https://anglicanjournal.com/moravian-pastor-to-lead-a-us-episcopal-church-11198/ https://anglicanjournal.com/moravian-pastor-to-lead-a-us-episcopal-church-11198/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/moravian-pastor-to-lead-a-us-episcopal-church-11198/ This month, a Moravian pastor was installed as rector of a U.S. Episcopal Church for the first time since the two denominations inaugurated a full-communion relationship in 2011. The Rev. Carl Southerland was formally received on Sept. 16 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Franklin, North Carolina, reports Episcopal News Service (ENS). “It is an exciting […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/moravian-pastor-to-lead-a-us-episcopal-church-11198/feed/ 0 92097 Martha Alexander to stand for election as House of Deputies president https://anglicanjournal.com/martha-alexander-to-stand-for-election-as-house-of-deputies-president-10917/ https://anglicanjournal.com/martha-alexander-to-stand-for-election-as-house-of-deputies-president-10917/#respond Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/martha-alexander-to-stand-for-election-as-house-of-deputies-president-10917/ Martha Bedell Alexander, a trustee of the Church Pension Fund and a North Carolina state legislator, had announced that she will stand for election as president of the House of Deputies. “I see it as a wonderful opportunity to serve God and His Church – and to make a difference,” Alexander, 72, said in a […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/martha-alexander-to-stand-for-election-as-house-of-deputies-president-10917/feed/ 0 95218 Oge Beauvoir becomes Haiti’s bishop suffragan https://anglicanjournal.com/oge-beauvoir-becomes-haitis-bishop-suffragan-10814/ https://anglicanjournal.com/oge-beauvoir-becomes-haitis-bishop-suffragan-10814/#respond Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/oge-beauvoir-becomes-haitis-bishop-suffragan-10814/ The Rev. Canon Oge Beauvoir, dean of the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Port-au-Prince, became the Diocese of Haiti‘s first bishop suffragan May 22 during a service in the diocese’s open-air cathedral. Beauvoir was elected Nov. 25 on the second ballot with 68 lay votes and 25 priest votes. The election took place at Ascension Church in Carrefour, a […]

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